Association of depression and suicidal ideation with parenting style in adolescents.

OBJECTIVES

To study the association of depression and suicidal ideation with parenting style in adolescents.

METHODS

The cluster sampling method was used to select 6 195 junior and senior high school students in Xinxiang City of Henan Province, China, from 2014 to 2018. The survey tools included a general social information questionnaire, the Parental Bonding Instrument, and the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (11 items). A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the association of depression and suicidal ideation with parenting style in adolescents.

RESULTS

There were 6 194 valid questionnaires in total, including 2 586 boys (41.75%) and 3 608 girls (58.25%), with a mean age of (16.4±1.9) years (range: 11-20 years). Among these 6 194 students, 1 333 (21.52%) had depression, and 508 (8.20%) had suicidal ideation. Depression in adolescents was positively correlated with maternal control (=1.059, <0.001) and paternal control (=1.061, <0.001), but negatively correlated with maternal care (=0.937, <0.001) and paternal care (=0.917, <0.001). Suicide ideation in adolescents was positively correlated with maternal control (=1.110, <0.001) and paternal control (=1.076, <0.001), but negatively correlated with maternal care (=0.895, <0.001) and paternal care (=0.914, <0.001).

CONCLUSIONS

Parental care may decrease the risk of depression and suicide ideation, while parental control may increase the risk of depression and suicide ideation in adolescents. .